2011 WEST TExaS a&M UNivErSiTy Facts Location . Canyon,.Texas Founded. .1910 Buffalo Football FOOTball rECOrd bOOk Enrollment. 7,843 President. Dr ..Patrick.O’Brien Athletic.Director. Michael.McBroom Senior.Assoc ..A .D ..(SWA). Holly.Troth CONTENTS Nickname. Buffaloes/Buffs Colors. Maroon.and.White Coaching Staff All-Time Records Affiliationw .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... NCAA.Division.II Head.Football.Coach.-.Don.Carthel. 2-3 Season-Opening.Games. .33 Conference. Lone.Star.(South) WTAMU.Coaching.Records. .3 Homecoming.Games. 33 Stadium . .Kimbrough.Memorial.Stadium Assistant.Coaches . 4-6 All-Time.Series.Record. .33 Surface. Synthetic.Grass Capacity. 20,000 2010.Football.Team.Awards . 5 Year-By-Year.Results. 34-36. Athletic.Department.Phone. .(806).651-4400 Buffalo.Letterwinners. 37-40 Ticket.Sales.Contact. Kara.Jones 2010 Review Misc ..Team/Individual.Records. 41 Ticket.Office.Phone.Number. .(806).651-1414 2010.Season.in.Review. 7-26 Top-10.Career.Leaders. 42 Year-by-Year.Individual.Leaders. 43-46. 2010.Statistics. 7-14 MEdia RelaTions Game-by-Game.Reviews. 15-26 Buffalo.Bowl.Appearances. 46 WT.All-America.Selections. 47 Associate.A .D ./FB.Contact. .Kent.Johnson The.Lone.Star.Conference. 27 E-Mail. kjohnson@wtamu .edu LSC.Record.Book. 28-30 Buffaloes.in.the.Pros. 48. Office.Phone. .(806).651-4406 LSC.Standing,.All-Time. 31-32 Media Information Cell.Phone. .(806).290-4535 Media.Information. .IBC Assistant.Director. .Dameon.Myres E-Mail. dmyres@wtamu .edu Office.Phone. .(806).651-4430 Cell.Phone. .(254).413-5000 Web.Site. www .gobuffsgo .com SID.Mailing.Address. WTAMU.Box.60049 Canyon,.Texas.79016 Overnight.Address. .2403.Russell.Long.Blvd . Canyon,.Texas.79016 COaChiNg STaff Head.Coach. Don.Carthel Alma.Mater. .Eastern.New.Mexico.(‘74) WTAMU.Record. 59-16.( .787,.Six.Years) Overall.Collegiate.Record. .105-62-1.( .629,.15.Years) Office.Phone. .(806).651-4413 Assistant Coaches Colby.Carthel. Defensive.Coordinator Billy.Best. .Associate.Head.Coach/Offensive.Coordinator Nick.Paremski. Assistant.Head.Coach/Secondary Stephen.Lee . Quarterbacks Joel.Hinton . .Inside.Receivers Brett.Watson. Defensive.Line Wendell.Davis. Inside.Linebackers Brandon.Romero. Offensive.Line Jared.May. Outside.Receivers Derek.Homer. .Running.Backs Michael.Conrad. .Safeties Eric.White. Special.Teams Sarah.Ramey. .Strength.and.Conditioning Football InforMaTion 2010.Overall.Record . 8-4 2010.LSC.Record . .8-2.(4-2.LSC.South) Starters.Returning. .14.(4.offense,.8.defense,.2.specialists) Starters.Lost. 10.(7.offense,.3.defense,.0.specialists) Letterwinners.Returning. 40. .(15.off ,. .32.def ,. .2.sp) Letterwinners.Lost. .19.(11.off ,. .6.def ,. .2.sp) Offensive.Formation. Spread Defensive.Formation . 3-4 NCAA.Division.II.Playoff.Appearances. .5 NCAA.Bowl.Record. 5-0 First.Year.of.Football . .1910 All-Time.Record. 460-482-22.( .486) l SC Champions 1 9 8 6 ,. 2 0 0 5 ,. 2 0 0 6 ,. 2 0 0 7 • N C a a P l a y o f f a ppearances 2 0 0 5 ,. 2 0 0 6 ,. 2 0 0 7 ,. 2 0 0 8 ,. 2 0 1 0 1 dON CarThEl hEad COaCh SEvENTh SEaSON EaSTErN NEW MExiCO ‘74 To say that Don Carthel has elevated the West Texas Carthel graduated from ENMU with a bach- A&M football to that of national prominence would elor’s degree in Physical Education and a minor in be an understatement. What Carthel, who earned Mathematics in 1974, then obtained his master’s in his 100th career collegiate victory Sept 28, 2010, in Physical Education in 1975. He played center for the a 37-27 win at Angelo State, has accomplished over Greyhounds from 1970-73, helping ENMU to a No. the past six seasons at WTAMU is simply amazing. 17 NAIA ranking his senior season. In addition to his He took a program that had won just seven games efforts on the gridiron, Carthel also threw discus for combined over the previous four years and guided it ENMU’s 1974 national championship squad. to six winning seasons, five NCAA Division-II playoff In 1975, Carthel began his coaching career at Floy- appearances, four LSC South Division titles, three- dada High School, serving as the defensive coordina- consecutive Lone Star Conference Championships, a tor under Hall of Fame coach L.G. Wilson. He helped bowl appearance - and 59 victories. lead the Whirlwinds to district championships in both CarThEl’S COaChiNg FilE During his first season in Canyon, Carthel and the 1975 and 1976. Buffs surprised everyone, having been picked to fin- In 1977, Carthel moved up to the collegiate ranks, COaChiNg history ish last in the LSC preseason poll, as they registered a beginning at NCAA Division-III Dubuque University 1975-76. Floydada.High.School 10-1 regular season record and captured the school’s (Iowa). He was assistant head coach/defensive . Defensive.Coord . first Lone Star Conference Championship in 19 years. coordinator for the Spartans from 1977-79 and helped 1977-79. University.of.Dubuque.(Iowa) Excitement surrounding Carthel’s program was evident turn around a program that had won just three games . Asst ..Head.Coach/Def ..Coord . as attendance soared, with a regular-season average over the previous four years. Carthel helped lead of over 14,000 fans per game at Kimbrough Memorial Dubuque to back-to-back Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic 1980. Ft ..Worth.Boswell.High.School Stadium. Carthel was honored by his peers as the Conference (IIAC) championships in 1978 and 1979, . Defensive.Coord . 2005 LSC Coach of the Year. as well as the NCAA Division III playoffs. During 1979, 1981-82. Lubbock.Christian.College Following that breakout campaign, Carthel set out Dubuque was undefeated and ranked No. 3 in the . Head.Coach in 2006 to let the LSC and the rest of NCAA Division country. 1983-84. Texas.at.El.Paso II know that WT’s 2005’s success was no fluke. The Carthel returned to the high school ranks in 1980, . Offensive.Line/Special.Teams Buffs left little doubt, as they posted an 11-2 season serving as defensive coordinator at Fort Worth’s and became the first squad in school history to claim Boswell High School. 1985-91. Eastern.New.Mexico back-to-back outright conference championships. Head.Coach One season later, at the age of 28, Carthel became After leading the country in Division II average at- the youngest head coach in the country when he 1992-2001. Retired/Farming/Friona.School.Board tendance the previous year, Buff fans again came out took over at Lubbock Christian College (now Lubbock 2001-2004. Abilene.Christian in droves, helping WT to again rank first, nationally, in Christian University), a position he held from 1981-82. Volunteer.Coach total attendance. Carthel then moved on to become an assistant That only set the stage for what was to come during 2004-05. Amarillo.Dusters coach at the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) from the 2007 campaign, as the Buffs confidently went . Head.Coach/General.Manager 1983-84 before returning to his alma mater to serve about amassing the school’s first-ever undefeated as head coach from 1985-91. 2005-present. West Texas A&M regular season, going 11-0 to claiming a third-straight . Head.Coach Lone Star Conference championship and advance two While head coach at ENMU, Carthel helped the Greyhounds make the transition from NAIA to NCAA rounds into the NCAA post-season playoffs. COllEgiate Record Division II, becoming one the top programs in the LSC. Another 11-win, record shattering campaign fol- In 1985, during Carthel’s first year at the helm, the 1981. Lubbock.Christian.(NAIA). .2-8 lowed in 2008, as the Buffs again were among the 1982. Lubbock.Christian.(NAIA). .0-10 Greyhounds faced Texas A&I (now Texas A&M Universi- biggest draws in NCAA Division II. That season saw 1985. Eastern.New.Mexico . .5-5 ty-Kingsville) in the season finale for a share of the 1986. Eastern.New.Mexico . .8-3 Carthel’s squad set no fewer than 15 team, 21 indi- LSC title. Despite narrowly losing that game, 21-17, 1987. Eastern.New.Mexico . .9-2 vidual, 26 LSC and eight NCAA playoff records. the Greyhounds surged to the top of the LSC, claiming 1988. Eastern.New.Mexico . .2-8 In 2009, playing a schedule that featured six 1989. Eastern.New.Mexico . .7-3 the conference crown in 1991 and becoming the first 1990. Eastern.New.Mexico . .6-4 nationally-ranked opponents, and playing the nation’s team outside of Texas to win the LSC championship in 1991. Eastern.New.Mexico . 7-3-1 then-top-ranked team twice, Carthel rallied an injury- the conference’s 59 years of football. LSC.Champions riddled squad from a 1-5 start to six consecutive 2005. West Texas A&M. .10-2 Carthel compiled a 44-28-1 (.610) ledger in his wins - posting a 7-5 mark and the school’s first bowl LSC.Champions/NCAA.Playoffs seven years at ENMU, winning seven or more games appearance since the 1967 season. 2006. West Texas A&M. .11-2 in five of his seven seasons, including opening the LSC.Champions/NCAA.Playoffs He then guided his 2010 squad to a sixth- 1987 season with a 9-0 record and tying the school 2007. West Texas A&M. .12-1 LSC.Champions/NCAA.Playoffs consecutive winning season and a fifth NCAA playoff record for victories in a season. In five of Carthel’s appearance. 2008. West Texas A&M. .11-2 seven years, the Greyhounds were ranked in the Divi- NCAA.Playoffs But this isn’t the first taste of success for the Friona, sion II Top 20 poll. In 2001, Carthel was honored with 2009. West Texas A&M. .7-5 Texas, native, as he has enjoyed several successful the induction into the ENMU Hall of Fame.